Unit 8. The story of my village

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS UNIT 8: LISTENING * Game: LUCKY STAR Rules: We have numbers, one of them has the lucky star with the key word – also the topic of our listening lesson today Each team chooses numbers, the team that can choose the number with the lucky star will get one point for the first activity POPFFERO  In the past Now * Look at the two pictures of Popffero, in groups of find out sentences that don’t describe the pictures - used to have - there used to be the/ were past - there In was - had - there is / are - has Now a- Popffero used to be a busy town b-The town has many tall buildings c-In the past, the town used to have narrow streets d-The streets today are wide e-There are more trees now f- People used to go by bicycle or motorbike g-Nowadays, people go by car h-There were some cattle on the grass land i- There is no grass land now j- In the middle of the town there is a big church k-The life in Popffero in the past was quiet and peaceful l- There are many cars in the street * Listen and write True (T) or False (F) T 1.The town has many tall buildings …… In the past, the town used to T have narrow streets.…… The streets today are wide …… T T Nowadays, people go by car …… There were some cattle on the grass land …… F There is no grass land now …… T In the middle of the town there is a big church …… F The life in Popffero in the past was quiet and peaceful …… T *Listen and write in the missing words: The small (1)……………… houses have been old pulled down, and tall buildings have been put there instead They’ve also built a big (2) hotel ……………… in the middle of the town The narrow streets have been widened and (3) resurfaced,so the big trees on the two sides ………………… of the streets have been cut down The (4) large ………………… area of grass land in the suburbs of the town has been turned into an ugly (5) car ………………… park Even the old corner shop isn’t there any more, it has been replaced by a big department store And there is an expensive restaurant where there used to be an old (6)……………… tea shop Many people in Popffero are (7) happy ………………… with the changes as there are more jobs for them.But some people don’t like the changes, they (8)……………the quiet and miss peaceful life of the old town •Post-listening: * Complete the chart below: CHANGES IN POPFFERO PAST NOW a small quiet town a busy tourist resort …………………… 1…………………… small old houses tall buildings 2…………………… narrow streets wide streets an ugly car park a large area of grass land 3…………………… 4…………………… an old corner shop a big department store an old tea shop an expensive restaurant 5…………………… * Tell about the changes in Nha Trang Useful structures: small old houses - In the past, Nha Trang used to have……………… , there used to be……………………… tallwas buildings , there / were (not)……………… - But now, it has……………………………………… * Homework: about the , there is /Write are……………………………… changes in your hometown (within 10 sentences) THANKS FOR ATTENDING ... cattle on the grass land i- There is no grass land now j- In the middle of the town there is a big church k -The life in Popffero in the past was quiet and peaceful l- There are many cars in the street... put there instead They’ve also built a big (2) hotel ……………… in the middle of the town The narrow streets have been widened and (3) resurfaced,so the big trees on the two sides ………………… of the. .. F There is no grass land now …… T In the middle of the town there is a big church …… F The life in Popffero in the past was quiet and peaceful …… T *Listen and write in the missing words: The